This episode is a wide-ranging conservative survey of the Idaho fights shaping the current political cycle — a tour through immigration, education, the state budget, and a coming abortion ballot measure, framed around a single question: who is really paying, and who is really benefiting. It opens on illegal immigration and public safety before making […]
Bob Neugebauer welcomes Ron Nate, president of the Idaho Freedom Foundation, to analyze the results of Idaho’s 2026 primary elections, held one week prior. The conversation covers the governor’s race, federal delegation, state constitutional officers, legislative gains and losses, and the demographic patterns that explain why conservatives won big in 2024 but lost ground in […]
Bob Neugebauer welcomes Ron Nate, president of the Idaho Freedom Foundation, to discuss teacher pay, surveillance technology, Republican Party integrity, and the upcoming 2026 primary elections. With Election Day one week away, the conversation turns to several issues that return to a central question: whether Idaho voters will hold candidates accountable to conservative principles or […]
Bob Neugebauer welcomes Ron Nate, president of the Idaho Freedom Foundation, to break down the newly released 2026 Idaho Freedom Index — the annual scorecard rating every legislator and the governor based on how they actually voted, not what they promised. With the legislature adjourned, the full session’s votes have been compiled against 430 rated […]
Bob Neugebauer welcomes Ron Nate, president of the Idaho Freedom Foundation, to examine the bullying tactics Big Dairy is using against conservative legislators and their families during Idaho’s primary election season. Nate reveals that Senator Glenita Zeiderweld’s husband Tom has lost approximately 85% of his fleet services business after dairies pulled their contracts — and […]
Bob Neugebauer welcomes Ron Nate, president of the Idaho Freedom Foundation, to break down the newly released 2026 Idaho Freedom Index — the annual scorecard rating every legislator and the governor based on how they actually voted, not what they promised. With the legislature adjourned, the full session’s votes have been compiled against 430 rated […]
Bob Neugebauer and Dylan Stocker take a hard look at Idaho’s 2025 legislative session on The Idaho Pulse, examining how the governor’s post-adjournment veto power undermines bills that passed with strong legislative support. They break down the procedural mechanics — from the constitutional 10-day veto window to Senate committee structures — that give a small […]
Bob Neugebauer and Ron Nate, president of the Idaho Freedom Foundation, deliver a final-week breakdown of the 2026 legislative session as it scrambles to adjourn. Nate reports that the $800 million in spending cuts the legislature set out to achieve have been fully consumed — and then some — by agency enhancement requests, pushing the […]
Bob Neugebauer and Dylan Stocker take on Idaho’s most politically charged current events in a wide-ranging conversation on the Idaho Post. The episode centers on the Department of Justice suing Idaho over voter rolls, a conflict both hosts examine through the lens of personal privacy, election integrity, and the state’s long pattern of resisting federal […]
Bob Neugebauer and Ron Nate, president of the Idaho Freedom Foundation, deliver a comprehensive end-of-session breakdown of what’s happening — and not happening — at the Idaho Capitol. Nate opens with a sobering budget update: after the legislature attempted $813 million in spending cuts to bring the 2026 budget into balance, agency enhancement requests have […]
Bob Neugebauer and Dylan Stocker cover a sweeping range of Idaho political terrain in what Bob describes as the beginning of a regular partnership on the Idaho Pulse. They open on the 2026 GOP gubernatorial primary, with Stocker — who is himself running for Boise County commissioner — arguing that Governor Brad Little’s refusal to […]
Bob Neugebauer welcomes Ron Nate, president of the Idaho Freedom Foundation, to the Idaho Pulse for a St. Patrick’s Day legislative update covering Idaho’s deepening budget crisis, stalled reform bills, and the fight over Medicaid expansion. Nate reports that while the governor signed the rescission bill enacting 4% cuts for 2026 and 5% for 2027, […]